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Position Title: People &Culture (P&C) Director,Jobs in Uganda,
Organisation: World Vision Uganda
Reports to: National Director
Primary Location: Kampala, Uganda,
Experience : 5 (Years)
Job Type : Full Time
Brief Company Profile:
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy
Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 40
districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children
and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with
children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all
applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where
possible.
“Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every
Heart, the will to make it so.” We are now seeking for qualified and passionate
individuals willing to share in our vision to join the team in the following
roles.
(Please note that these are open to Ugandan Nationals Only)
Purpose of the position:
Provide strategic leadership, Human Resource and Organizational Development
technical support to the National Office as well as provide oversight in all
aspects of People and Culture (P&C) across the organization with an aim of
optimizing the organizational performance and sustaining the desired culture.
The position provides support, to the National Director, and the entire
Senior Leadership Team in aligning employees to the organizational strategies,
goals and priorities as well as World Vision’s vision, mission and values
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1 Leadership and Management Roles:
· Oversee organizational
design guidelines and alignment of organizational structure to the strategy.
· Align Human Resource
priorities with the National Office strategy and ensure they are fundamentally
based on organizational priorities and integrated with partnership standards.
· Provide input into People
and Culture related research, provide Human Resource perspective on analysis
and reporting. Establish P&C Dashboard, targets and other relevant human
capital metrics to enable management make effective decisions.
· Strategic partnership with
the Senior Leadership to strengthen the Organizational Development (OD) and
Human Resource function by providing guidance and innovative OD tools and
practices to reinforce and positively change the beliefs, values, attitudes and
structure of organizations so that WV can better adapt to new technologies,
markets, challenges while fulfilling its vision and mission.
· Lead and support the
organization’s talent management and leadership development efforts and ensure
effective execution of talent management
strategy
· Advise Senior Leadership
Team to review and validate mission critical positions and develop their
acquisition and retention plan.
· Provide overall leadership
and technical support to the People & Culture (P&C) team, ensure P&C business plan is aligned with
organizational strategies and assure P&C enterprise risks management by
testing P&C Internal controls in line
with the organizational guidelines
° Strategic Business Partnering:
· Actively participate in
strategic and tactical planning sessions for organization effectiveness and
individual business units to meet organizational goals.
· Lead, plan and co-implement
initiatives towards the realisation of the organizational vision, mission and
three-year strategic and annual operating plan.
· Facilitate P&C budget
guidelines for the various units to incorporate in their annual operational
planning.
· Provide technical expertise
on business strategies, human resource processes (including but not limited to
Recruitment, Employment, Benefits/Medical, Compensation, Orientation, Staff and
Leadership Development), and organizational policies and practices.
· Design and implement the
business partnering model with line managers i.e lead and implement the P&C
business partnering with line managers for effective delivery of People and
Culture services.
· Responsible for driving
performance culture in the organization;
ensures performance agreements, individual development plans, meaningful
performance conversations are taking place at mid and end of year as well as providing end to end performance
management support including consistency checks, analyses and submission of
appraisal reports and administration of performance consequence management.
· Design, review and
implement HR policies, systems, guidelines in alignment with the Country labour
law, organisation and the Partnership standards.
3Staffing, Workforce Planning and Diversity
· Provides oversight geared towards compliance to the organisation’s talent acquisition and
legal/industrial standards and
ensures that National Office roles are filled with appropriate candidates,
whilst maintaining organisation’s
standards, processes, policies
· Ensures organizational compliance with International Staffing
Solutions/partnership staffing policy and protocols
· Provides staff support to
recruitment process and participates in selection as appropriate
· Conducts annual Workforce
Plan for the organization as per set
guidelines and procedures
· Ensures compliance to organization’s Orientation program and policies
· Contextualizes retention Strategy and ensures execution to
provide for both restricted and non-restricted contexts
° Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and
Experience
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Required:
· Bachelors Degree and Post
Graduate qualification in Human Resource Management, Organizational
Development, Social Sciences and related disciplines
· Masters Degree in
Management, organizational Psychology, Human Resource management and related
discipline is desirable
· Extensive experience in
Human Resource Management at Senior Executive Management level for a minimum of
5 years.
· Experience in managing
large organizational change initiatives will be an advantage.
· Knowledge of organizational
policies, labour law and legal requirements.
· Good skills in conflict
resolution/problem solving, teamwork, crisis management, training facilitation
Influencing, collaborative relationship and coaching.
· Cross-cultural sensitivity,
flexible worldview and emotional maturity,
· Ability to exhibit exemplary
lifestyle as interpreted in specific local cultural context.
Please note that in addition to the Knowledge, skills and abilities stated
for stated in the roles above, all
applicants must be mature and committed Christians, able to demonstrate an active
involvement with their faith and also able to appreciate and stand above
denominational diversities.
Mode of Application:
Are you the one we are looking for? Do you meet the requirements spelt out
above? Are you passionate about achieving Life in all its fullness for
Children? Then Please submit your application and complete Curriculum Vitae,
via email to wvujobs@wvi.org.
Address your application to the People and Culture Specialist (Recruitment)
and do indicate the post title of the job you are applying for .
· Deadline for receiving
applications is: Friday, 25th April 2014
· (Qualified female
candidates are particularly encouraged to apply)
We do appreciate your interest in working with us. However, only short
listed candidates will be contacted.
